Measurements of low-energy (d,n) reactions for BNCT

Medical Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 793-798

  Colonna, N ^a   Beaulieu, L ^b   Phair, L ^b   Wozniak, G J ^b   Moretto, L G ^b   Chu, W T ^b   Ludewigt, B A ^b  

^a INFN SEZIONE DI BARI   (Italy)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerator based neutron source; Boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT); Neutron producing reactions

Indexed keywords

NEUTRON SOURCES;

ACCELERATOR-BASED NEUTRON SOURCES; BORON NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; DEUTERON INDUCED REACTION; LIQUID SCINTILLATOR DETECTORS; LOW-ENERGY NEUTRONS; MEASUREMENTS OF; NEUTRON YIELDS; SPECTRAL FEATURE;

NEUTRONS;

ARTICLE; ENERGY RESOURCE; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; NUCLEAR ENERGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION PHYSICS; SCINTILLATION;

EID: 0032936610     PISSN: 00942405     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1118/1.598599     Document Type: Article

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